Yazeh Ink Reviews

  Jacques Herbin – Iris Sagesse   Ink Review # 229   Originally posted on FPN: Feb 20, 2026   ---   🧾   Description Ink:  Iris Sagesse Brand:  Jacques Herbin Country:  France Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1), Hongdian Forrest Blade nib, Noodler’s Nib Creaper with Waterman W2 nib     This ink is part of a new series available in 10 and 30 ml bottles. It appears that newer bottles in the classic line are now labelled “Jacques Herbin.”       This ink is just gorgeous. With dry pens like a Lamy, it writes a pinkish colour and dries into a lovely spring iris blurple.  The writing experience is out of this world, especially after reviewing several inks lacking in the lubrication department. It made most of my nibs sing.    The ink can stain transparent sections and it’s a pain to clean. I needed a cleaning solution. Despite that, I really enjoyed writing, sketching, and drawing wit...

  J Herbin — Bleu des Profondeurs    Ink Review #  126   Originally posted on FPN:  May 8, 2024   Ink:  Bleu des Profondeurs (Ocean Depths Blue) Brand:  J Herbin Country:  France Availability:  10 ml, 30 ml bottles, plus cartridges. Pens Used:  Pilot F3A (Japanese EF, semi-flex) Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B, 1.1) Description Many thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample. This is a very dark royal blue or blurple. I realized this when cleaning my pen. If I were doing a blind test, I would’ve thought it was a Diamine or Pilot ink. It's not your usual watery Herbin ink. It has body. It’s juicy, wet and very pleasant to write with. It’s a great ink for dry pens. On the downside, it’s too wet and the colour becomes almost black. It’s one of the best Herbin inks for copy paper, ghosting and bleed through are minimal with it. The colour also changes to a nice blue-black on absorbent paper. Chroma Writing Samples Rhodia Midori Tomoe River 68 g...

J Herbin — Bleu Myosotis (Cartridge)   Ink Review #  119   Originally posted on FPN:  Mar 21, 2024   Ink:  Bleu Myosotis (Cartridge) Brand:  J Herbin Country:  France Availability:  cartridges, 10 ml, 30 ml bottles. Pens Used:  Kaweco (EF/F/M/B, BB) Description Thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample. After reviewing the complex Kobe #56 ink, it was difficult to warm up to this ink. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it, but the name! It doesn’t correspond to the sky-blue colour of forget-me-nots, unless in France the flowers are blurple or blue-black. I think Herbin would have been better off exchanging this one with Bleu Pervenche. 😛 I had some problems with the cartridge and the flow. I pressed the cartridge several times to prime the feed and finally realized that I had managed to slightly puncture the cartridge, a first for me. However, afterwards the pen wrote perfectly fine. The ink writes purple and dries to a muted blue-black. ...